Aurora Rising

The Aurora Cycle, Book 1

By: Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest, Johnathan McClain, Candice Moll, Lincoln Hoppe, Donnabella Mortel, Jonathan Todd Ross, Erin Spencer, Steve West

From the New York Times and internationally best-selling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic....

The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch....

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm

A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates

A smart-ass tech whiz with the galaxy's biggest chip on his shoulder

An alien warrior with anger-management issues

A tomboy pilot who's totally not into him, in case you were wondering

And Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem - that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space.

Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler's squad of losers, discipline cases, and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

NOBODY PANIC.

Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Aurora, read by Kim Mai Guest
Tyler, read by Johnathan McClain
Cat, read by Candice Moll
Fin, read by Lincoln Hoppe
Zila, read by Donnabella Mortel
Magellan, read by Jonathan Todd Ross
Scarlett, read by Erin Spencer
Kal, read by Steve West

©2019 Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (P)2019 Listening Library

Critic reviews

"This intergalactic space opera has it all: action, thrills, suspense, laughs, and all the feels." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

"Rotating perspectives and never-flagging energy propel this narrative forward, which, if it wasn't compelling enough on its own, is given illustrious life by its ragtag, always-at-odds cast." (Booklist, starred review)

good book

The narrator's were great!! The story took a while to hook me though. it wasnt until halfway through that I was really interested to know what came next. but I hope they write another that says what happens

Another knockout first book

Aurora Rising took me completely by surprise. Although I was expecting another space odyssey, I honestly did not read the description before pre-ordering. I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. The characters are new and interesting. The plot sets up the need for a series. The authors are fantastic. It's full cast audio so 5 stars for me right there. This is one that you have to pay attention to the plot and dialogue in order to follow the story. So listen when you have the time to devote just to this book. It will be worth it.

Excellent story

Great story! I love it! These authors have created great characters that are well developed. I would recommend this book!

loved it

loved it, I really enjoy the full cast! each actor did an amazing job. would definitely recommend.

A great story with a unique performance

I appreciated how each main character had their own narrator. That with other little surprises, it made this a very unique listening experience. And I really enjoyed the story! This was worth every bit and I'm excited for the next book.

Great start… great ideas… ending average

This book get you in from the start… you say wow this can get in my top 20 books ever… but the last 2/3 is anticlimactic… will not buy the rest of the series… but still a good read but not top 100 materials..:. I am at 800 books on audible…

Best performance ever

Best performance. Awesome story. Honestly I just really couldn’t stop listening. I completely devour this book.

So fun!

I loved that there are multiple narrators. they also really sound like they are talking to people on comms. I liked the occasional music for dramatization. the story itself is super interesting. I don't regret this purchase and will be buying the next Audible book in the series.

full cast yes!

I normally do not like more than one reader but in this case I'm all in. It was really very very good I highly recommend it

An Excellent Start to a New Series

I loved every minute of this book! I also love when audiobooks do full-casts, which just adds so much to each character while listening! I highly recommend this book!